Zynga Listens to PETA, Removes Pit Bulls from Mafia Wars

PETA noted that “Countless social gamers stopped plowing their FarmVille fields long enough to voice their objections to Zynga about the game's negative depiction of this most used-and-abused breed, and the company quickly responded in just the right way.”

"However, the right way would be to snuff the life right out of them like we have done to countless cats and dogs we have killed in North Carolina, instead of trying to find them homes like the ASPCA does. Snuff them all out and only then will you earn PETA's true gratude."

 -- There, fixed it for them. I'm sure PETA doesn't really give a flip about Pit Bulls in some stupid game.

 - W

I find it facinating that PETA complained about the pit bull GUARD DOG, but not the COCKFIGHTING RING you can find in Bangkok.

What a bunch of morons.

While I don't want to see a PETA person attacked, I wonder what one would do if they were attacked by a dog, cat, ferret, or an elephant? If they defend themselves they're hypocrates (ha), if they don't then they're true animal lovers.

 Several comments here really highlight that PETA probably does more damage to animal rights then help... even if it is just in rant, people want to spite PETA and do the things that PETA protests...

Though what annoys me about PETA this time is that they are taking credit for unrelated drops in usership.  I am sure plenty of PETA members were stallions in bed last night as they surged with their own perceived power and self importantance....

PETA honestly makes me want to eat new born kittens right in front of those douchebags they are the biggest waste of space ever

Never underestimate the power of idiots in large amounts.

I wasnt going to buy this game anyway all the more reason not to now

As an advicate of animal rights, and someone who vouches against the exaggerated and unfair portrayal of pit bulls, I have to say this decision was BS. First and foremost as was already mentioned by several people. of all the crimes portrayed in this game, this is viewed as the most offensive? Gimme a break. I defend this material the same way I defend Rapeplay when that was a hot topic. You cannot condemn this one act and say everything else is acceptable. To condemn Rapeplay and yet support ultra violnet games with tons of killing is hypocritical. This is the same thing with the pit bulls in this game except that for the many illegal acts shown in this game, having trained pit bulls is kinda the bottom of the barrel. Second and foremost as someone else brought up about PETA whining about this game and when it comes to dog figting in the real world, they are not nearly as outspoken. And as for Zynga giving in shame on them. Giving in to these kind of demands only sparks an endless chain reaction.

"With free speech either all of it is ok or none of it is." Kyle Broflovski

But they will continue to perpetuate the mindset that mugging women, killing rivals, selling drugs, torching businesses, and so forth, are fun and cool.  Because fictional crimes against humans are fine, just as long as you don't hurt a fictional dog in the process.

Fuck you, PETA, for your extremist and narrowminded ways.  And fuck you, Zynga, for caving in to such bullshit.  What's next?  Is PETA going to convince you that keeping fictional chickens and cows in coops and dairy barns all day is cruel?

If this were my game,  Iwould have replaced all weapons, armor and vehicles with pit bulls.

Yes I hate PETA that much.

E. Zachary Knight
Oklahoma City Chapter of the ECA
http://www.theeca.com/chapters_oklahoma

Well, PETA actually did something. Ugh. The virtual pitbull never gave such a mindset. Are they really so paranoid and jumpy that such a thing would affect real pitbulls?

"The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." -Albert Einstein